The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-01


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0LENviEw, Pa, June 3l-A week ac
Walter Wade. bold, da<hing stocl
ana provision speculation. cana HON
from California ~ .ulnll \ promise Of
marriage with Mas Fanny Eckert, which
| was 10 take place at noon on Thursday
The most elaborate preparations hat
been made. and the relatives and friends
OF the young lady waited with every emo
ton Of pleasure for the happy event But
I Wade's recent IN luck in the speculative
I. Held drove him 70 despair, aud rather thar
| face the disapp ointment which would In.
! evitably follow he attempted suicide on
wednesday, and now lies hopelcssly In
sane AZ the home OF his parents some dis
lance from this place. Walter il the only
son Of J. Werner Wade, who soon after
his marriage fell heir 70 large fortune.
After the young man had completed
his collegiate studics and gradu-
aied with high hoaors he decided to take
trip TO California before settling down,
and so informed his parents. They on
treated him to remain at home, but all 10
no purpose. Appealing 10 his father. he
said; loan me 5000 aud will return
itwith interest" His father Immediate
" hlled out check for the amount
and handed II 70 him. Tho next
day, after spending an hour with his
intended bride, he started for California
In pursuit Of fame and fortune. Four
years afterward his family and friends
were surprised to see him arrive home.
He entered his fathers house as though
his absence had been but day, drew up
chair to where his father sat, and TAX
ing from well-flled pocket book 81, 40,
he handed the money to his father, say
ing: "Here Is the borrowed money with
six per cent interest"
This was all 30 rapidly done that IA,
Wade had hardly time to realize who Il
was and what il meant Then he related
TO his parents how he had met with
phenomenal success, and by sbrewd and
conservative speculation had amassed
over el.00l0)0 After few days stay,
during which time he renewed his
pledges Of love to Miss Eckcrt, VIII in the
four years Of waiting never doubted
his sincerity. he departed again. Letter
after letter was received by her, In
which he boasted Of his continued sue
cess, and said that he was now perfecting
arrangements 70 come home to remain
The wedding was, therefore, fixed Tor
June 10 But his character was too weak
to resist the social temptations that now
beset him An irresistible fondness for
wine and champagne suppers took pos
session Of him. which was soon followed
BY every form Of wild aud reckless
dissipation. Then luck turned
against him and he began 10 lose
money until his fortune was nearly ali
swept away. Depressed in spirits. the
flashing SPECTATOR returned home His
general appearance was detected, and by
he aid OF stimulant he managed to as
sumo his old spirits. In this way the sus-
,iclon that might otherwise have been ex-
'ited was overcome On Wednesday after.
loon he remarked to his father that he
lesircd 70 write some business letters and |
or that purpose he retired TO his room, |
irving instructions that his privacy |
must not be Interrupted Every thing in |
he way Of preparation for the wedding
lext day had reached point OF complete
Tess, and at i've o'clock friend of tho |
room called TO see him. As the matter
vas urgent, his father went up stairs |
'eceivlng no answer, forced the door !
suspended from a halter or halter-strap |
With the end knotted around the top OF |
be bed-post, almost dead from strangula- /
ion.
he quickly cut the strap and placed the |
'ody on the bed, and then quietly, but
uickly, summoned physician. The
octor says another minute would have |
reduced death, and that while he might |
ossibly survive he would be hopeiessiy
nsane. The business letters which ne
ras supposed to be writing were 70 Miss
.ckert and his parents They told OF his
dissipation and his losses az gambling
nd his complete ruin. He says III his
stter to the young lady:
"For many months have had q con-
tant run Of i'll luck. The ardor OF gam
ling, unlike every other passion, Is
ather Increased than diminished BY loss
nd disappointment Without being
Tarred, therefore, BY III success. I attn
rent on until tho very last dollar OF my
loney was gone. I then began to draw
radually On the $4,000 you placed In my
ands for safe keeping until the day or
ur marriage. In small amounts Follow
ig the bent Of my evil genius, sum after
1m was taken. and all alike buried in
mt accursed vortex which had already
wallowed up 90 much for me-
To his father he says: eighteen
'onths agoI attached my name to pa
or, the prospectus Of which was Q profit
BILE land scheme. II originated with
hafpcrs, and I was victimized. PerlodL
d sprees were INDUCED in, and, with
opc Of retrieving some of my losses, I
ame East for change. Twas persist
At bull on the stock market and lost
cavity last December. thereafter in
ested heavily in pork and wheat, and
As ompletely swamped.n
Immediately after the occurrence the
ousc was closed and Miss Eckert and a
w friends were quietly notified. Miss
exert was completely Frustrated. For
few hours yesterday she sat By the bed
de Of her lover and listened to his raw.
g over the stock and provision mar
-. Wade il thirty five years old.
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